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This works out to about $315 per year for a development machine. Am I the only one who thinks that's ridiculous? I mean, after two years, you'll already be at
by quanticle 16y ago
This works out to about $315 per year for a development machine.
Am I the only one who thinks that's ridiculous? I mean, after two years, you'll already be at the cost of a decent laptop. Three years will get you the cost of a MacBook. Unless you're upgrading your laptop every year, there is no way that this is cheaper than developing on localhost.
- dustingetz 16y agoits not like its massively more expensive or massively cheapter, so they aren't competing on price.
- mitko 16y agoEC micro instances are 56$/year (reserved) and in a combination with version control tool like SVN I don't see why one would pay > $300/year
- tedunangst 16y agoIt's accessible from more places than your laptop is, unless you take your laptop with you everywhere. You could demo something to a friend for instance.
- sorbus 16y agoIt's accessible from wherever you have a computer with the necessary software and a fast enough connection. Sure, if you don't have your laptop then this could be useful, but that's like saying that a land-line based system for managing your address book is good because it's accessible from more places than your phone is, unless you take your phone with you everywhere.
- tedunangst 16y agoUm, exactly? Memorizing important numbers is a good idea precisely because then you can use a friend's phone in case yours isn't available.
- brazzy 16y agoThere's this amazing technology called "paper". You should read up on it.
- bejot 16y agodon't forget about energy consumption costs
- jarek 16y agoAre you paying for power for a fridge? Then laptop energy consumption is negligible.
- VBprogrammer 16y agoMaybe I'm missing something, but he still needs a physical computer to connect to his development machine in the cloud right? I personally think this is expensive for the benefits it brings but clearly for the author it is worth it.
- dedward 16y agoThe price of resources drops over the years. You could save for 3 years and buy a macbook.... or you could work in the cloud and use whatever cheap-ass machine you want to access it, with much less worry about backup. THis isn't really a home-PC replacement - it's a developer hting.